Microwave endometrial ablation as an alternative to hysterectomy for the emergent control of uterine bleeding in patients who are poor surgical candidates

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 280, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 279-282

  Yeasmin, Shamima ^a   Nakayama, Kentaro ^a   Ishibashi, Masako ^a   Katagiri, Atsuko ^a   Iida, Kouji ^a   Nakayama, Naomi ^a   Aoki, Showa ^a   Kanaoka, Yasushi ^b   Miyazaki, Kohji ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute hemorrhagic shock; MEA; Menorrhagia; Multiple systemic diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MENORRHAGIA; MICROWAVE ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION; MYOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; SAFETY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS SURGERY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MENORRHAGIA; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 68149136936     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-008-0885-z     Document Type: Article

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